Career Opportunities
The Morgridge Institute for Research is a private, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving human health through interdisciplinary biomedical research, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Morgridge Institute for Research
Current Openings:
Grants and Contracts Compliance Specialist
The Morgridge institute for Research seeks a Research Compliance Administrator to be part of the Sponsored Programs team. As a member of the Sponsored Programs team, the Research Compliance Administrator will be responsible for ensuring institute compliance on a Sponsored Programs from a variety of different organizations including NIH, NSF, other federal agencies and many private foundations.
Administrative Assistant – Poss Lab
Job Purpose The Administrative Assistant provides advanced organizational and administrative support to the Poss Lab, including preparing itineraries for speakers and faculty candidates, scheduling meetings, processing reimbursements, providing support for
Metabolism Lead Investigator
The Morgridge Institute for Research, part of the dynamic research community at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, seeks an accomplished investigator to lead the Morgridge Metabolism Theme. This energetic and talented researcher will lead an innovative and collaborative research team addressing key questions in metabolism.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Computational Biology
The Stewart laboratory is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to develop novel computational data analysis tools and apply them to large biomedical datasets. This position involves the integration of multiple data types, including but not limited to: RNA-seq (bulk, single-cell, spatial), ATAC-seq, and large text datasets such as PubMed or patents.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Metabolism, Biotechnology and Functional Genomics
In the Cantor lab, our guiding hypothesis is that existing model systems have masked critical insights into human cell-environment interactions. We test this through a variety of approaches at the interface of basic biology and engineering – integrating our efforts in tool development with methods in biochemistry, systems biology, functional genomics, and chemical genetics. Our broad goals are to better understand the role of environmental factors in basic human cell physiology and drug sensitivity – with a particular focus on blood cancers and normal immune cells.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Skala Lab
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Skala lab at the Morgridge Institute for Research. Dr. Skala’s lab develops new methods to understand and combat cancer using photonics-based technologies.
Postdoctoral Research Associates / Trainees in Cryo-EM Structural Biology – Ahlquist Lab
Postdoctoral research associate positions are available immediately in the Ahlquist Lab (Morgridge Institute and University of Wisconsin – Madison) to advance our recent use of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to reveal the first structures of genome replication complexes of positive-strand RNA viruses, which include coronaviruses and many other important pathogens.
Senior Aquatics Specialist
The Opportunity: The Institute is building a large Aquatics Core Facility that maintains several thousand tanks of research fish for multiple principal investigators, requiring highly specialized aquatics husbandry and functions.
Senior Research Specialist – Poss Lab
The Opportunity: We are seeking a highly motivated research analyst with experience in animal research, molecular biology, and/or histological techniques. The Poss lab utilizes zebrafish and, occasionally, mice as model
Senior Research Specialist – Spurgeon Lab
The Opportunity: We are seeking a highly motivated, curious, and organized research analyst with experience in animal research, molecular biology, and/or tissue culture techniques. The Spurgeon Lab utilizes in vitro
Student Science Writer
The NSF Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing (PATh) is looking for a student science writer to promote the impacts of the project on research and campuses across the country. Work hours will be flexible, but mostly between 8am – 5pm, Monday – Friday. The writer will work between 15 and 29 hours per week, as mutually agreed upon. The desired start is May or June 2024.
Student Web Developer
As a part of the Morgridge Research Computing Group, the Student Web Developer will help manage the user-facing presence (design, layout, UI, and functionality) of web pages for a range of projects, including the Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing, the OSG Consortium, and HTCondor.